Swipe Control Method for Electronic Device, and Electronic Device

ABSTRACT

This application provides a swipe control method for an electronic device, and an electronic device. When a gesture conflict exists in the electronic device, the electronic device may be enabled to display an interface of another level. In the solution, the electronic device displays a first interface of a first application, where the first interface is the 1 st  interface or the last interface of interfaces at a same level of the first application. Then, the electronic device may receive a first swipe operation of a user on the first interface, where the first swipe operation includes two swipe operations between which an interval is less than preset duration. In response to the first swipe operation, the electronic device may display a second interface. The second interface is an interface at an upper level of the first interface or an interface at a lower level of the first interface.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a National Stage of International Application No.PCT/CN2021/111585, filed on Aug. 9, 2021, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 202010969606.1, filed on Sep. 15, 2020,both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of this application relate to the technical field ofelectronic devices, and in particular, to a swipe control method for anelectronic device, and an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

With development of science and technology, a lightweight electronicdevice (for example, a smart band or a smart watch) has becomeincreasingly popular in daily life. Because the lightweight electronicdevice and a screen of the lightweight electronic device are small,there are not excessive button options on the lightweight electronicdevice for a user to operate the electronic device. Therefore, usually,the user needs to operate the lightweight electronic device by gestures.

However, when there is a control (for example, Swiper or Tab) in aninterface displayed on the screen of the lightweight electronic device,and the control occupies the entire interface displayed on thelightweight electronic device, if the user operates the lightweightelectronic device by gestures, a gesture conflict may occur.

For example, usually, the smart watch may return to an upper-levelinterface in response to a rightward swipe gesture entered by the user.However, when a picture A in Gallery is displayed in an interface of thesmart watch, if the user swipes to the right, the smart watch switchesthe currently displayed picture to a picture B, instead of returning toan upper-level interface of the picture A (for example, an interface inwhich a Gallery icon is displayed). In other words, when the picture Ain Gallery is displayed in the interface of the smart watch, the usercannot enable the smart watch to return to the upper-level interface byswiping rightwards. Therefore, when a gesture conflict exists in theelectronic device, how to enable the electronic device to display aninterface at another level becomes an urgent problem to be resolved.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of this application provide a swipe control method for anelectronic device. When a gesture conflict exists in the electronicdevice, the electronic device may be enabled to display an interface atanother level.

According to a first aspect, embodiments of this application provide aswipe control method for an electronic device. The method may be appliedto an electronic device on which a first application is installed, andthe electronic device includes a display.

The electronic device may display a first interface of the firstapplication, where the first interface is the 1^(st) interface or thelast interface of interfaces at a same level of the first application.Then, the electronic device may receive a first swipe operation of auser on the first interface, where the first swipe operation includestwo swipe operations between which an interval is less than presetduration. The electronic device may display a second interface inresponse to the first swipe operation, where the second interface is aninterface at an upper level of the first interface or an interface at alower level of the first interface.

Based on the foregoing technical solutions, when the electronic devicedisplays the 1^(st) interface or the last interface (namely, the firstinterface) of the interfaces at the same level of the first application,the electronic device may, in respond to two swipe operations of theuser on the first interface between which the interval is less than thepreset duration, display an interface at an upper level of the firstinterface or an interface at a lower level of the first interface. Inthis way, although when the electronic device displays the 1^(st)interface or the last interface of the interfaces at the same level ofthe first application, the interface displayed by the electronic devicecannot be switched between interfaces at the same level in response to aswipe operation of the user, according to the foregoing solutions, whenthe user performs two swipe operations between which the interval isless than the preset duration on the electronic device, the electronicdevice does not switch interfaces at a same level, but displays aninterface at an upper level of the first interface or an interface at alower level of the first interface.

Therefore, by using the technical solutions of this application, when agesture conflict exists in the electronic device, the electronic devicemay still perform interface switching, for example, displaying aninterface at another level. In addition, in the technical solutions ofthis application, the interval between the two swipe operations islimited to be less than the preset duration, so that recognition of thefirst swipe operation can be improved, and accuracy of recognizing thefirst swipe operation by the electronic device is improved.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible design manner, themethod in which the electronic device receives a first swipe operationof a user on the first interface includes: The electronic devicereceives one swipe operation of the user on the first interface, andrecords time at which the electronic device receives the swipeoperation. Then, the electronic device receives, within the presetduration starting from the time recorded by the electronic device, anext swipe operation of the user on the first interface.

Based on the foregoing technical solutions, the electronic devicerecords the time at which the swipe operation is received, and maydetermine, based on the time, that the next swipe operation received bythe electronic device within the preset duration starting from the timeis a swipe operation in the first swipe operation. In this way,recognition of the first swipe operation can be improved, and accuracyof recognizing the first swipe operation by the electronic device isimproved.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible design manner, aswipe distance of each of the two swipe operations is greater than apreset distance threshold.

To be specific, when the swipe distance of the swipe operation isgreater than the preset distance threshold, the swipe operation may be aswipe operation included in the first swipe operation. It may beunderstood that the swipe distance of the swipe operation is limited, sothat a case in which the electronic device responds to an accidentaltouch operation of the user can be avoided, thereby improving userexperience.

With reference to the first aspect, in another possible design manner,the first swipe operation is a swipe operation in a first direction, andthe second interface is the interface at the upper level of the firstinterface; or the first swipe operation is a swipe operation in a seconddirection, and the second interface is the interface at the lower levelof the first interface. The first direction is opposite to the seconddirection.

For example, two side frames (for example, a left frame and a lowerframe) that are perpendicular to each other on the electronic device arerespectively used as an x-axis and a y-axis. The first direction may bea positive direction of the x-axis, and the second direction may be anegative direction of the x-axis. Alternatively, the first direction maybe a negative direction of the y-axis, and the second direction may be apositive direction of the y-axis.

According to a second aspect, embodiments of this application provide aswipe control method for an electronic device. The method may be appliedto an electronic device including a display.

The electronic device displays a first interface, where a first controlis disposed in the first interface, and the first control is used totrigger, in response to a swipe operation, the electronic device toswitch between interfaces at a same level. The electronic devicedisables the first control in response to a preset operation of a useron the first interface, so that the first control does not respond tothe swipe operation, where the preset operation includes a touch andhold operation. In response to the first swipe operation of the user onthe first interface, the electronic device may display a secondinterface, where the second interface is an interface at an upper levelof the first interface or an interface at a lower level of the firstinterface.

Based on the foregoing technical solutions, in response to the presetoperation of the user on the first interface, the electronic device maydisable the first control. In other words, after the electronic devicereceives the swipe operation of the user, the interface displayed by theelectronic device cannot be switched between interfaces at a same level.Further, in response to the first swipe operation of the user on thefirst interface, the electronic device may display an interface at anupper level of the first interface or an interface at a lower level ofthe first interface. In this way, although the interface displayed bythe electronic device cannot be switched between interfaces at a samelevel in response to the first swipe operation of the user on theelectronic device, according to the foregoing solutions, the electronicdevice may display an interface at an upper level of the first interfaceor an interface at a lower level of the first interface. Therefore,according to the technical solutions of this application, when a gestureconflict exists in the electronic device, the electronic device maystill perform interface switching, for example, displaying an interfaceat another level.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible design manner, themethod in which the electronic device displays a second interface inresponse to the first swipe operation of the user on the first interfaceincludes: if the electronic device receives a swipe operation withinfirst preset duration starting from time at which the electronic devicereceives the preset operation, the electronic device displays the secondinterface in response to the swipe operation of the user on the firstinterface.

In other words, the first swipe operation is a swipe operation receivedby the electronic device within the first preset duration starting fromthe time at which the electronic device receives the preset operation.In the technical solutions of this application, the swipe operation islimited, so that recognition of the first swipe operation can beimproved. This improves accuracy of recognizing the first swipeoperation by the electronic device.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible design manner,the method further includes: after the first preset duration startingfrom the time at which the electronic device receives the presetoperation, the electronic device enables the first control, so that thefirst control responds to the swipe operation to trigger the electronicdevice to switch between interfaces at a same level.

In other words, after the first preset duration starting from the timeat which the electronic device receives the preset operation, inresponse to the swipe operation of the user, the interface displayed bythe electronic device is an interface at a same level of the firstinterface.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible design manner,pressing duration of the touch and hold operation is greater than secondpreset duration.

It may be understood that, in the technical solutions of thisapplication, pressing duration is limited, so that a case in which theelectronic device responds to an accidental touch operation of the useris avoided, thereby improving user experience.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible design manner,a swipe distance of the first swipe operation is greater than a presetdistance threshold.

In other words, when the swipe distance of the swipe operation isgreater than the preset distance threshold, the swipe operation may be aswipe operation included in the first swipe operation. It may beunderstood that the swipe distance of the swipe operation is limited, sothat a case in which the electronic device responds to an accidentaltouch operation of the user is avoided, thereby improving userexperience.

With reference to the second aspect, in another possible design manner,the first swipe operation is a swipe operation in a first direction, andthe second interface is the interface at the upper level of the firstinterface; or the first swipe operation is a swipe operation in a seconddirection, and the second interface is the interface at the lower levelof the first interface. The first direction is opposite to the seconddirection.

According to a third aspect, embodiments of this application provide anelectronic device. A first application is installed on the electronicdevice; the electronic device includes a memory, a display, and aprocessor. The memory and the display are coupled to the processor. Thefirst application is stored in the memory. The memory is furtherconfigured to store computer program code. The computer program codeincludes computer instructions; and when the computer instructions areperformed by the processor, the electronic device performs the methodaccording to the first aspect and any possible design manner of thefirst aspect.

According to a fourth aspect, embodiments of this application provide anelectronic device. The electronic device includes a memory, a display,and a processor. The memory and the display are coupled to theprocessor; the memory is configured to store computer program code, andthe computer program code includes computer instructions; and when thecomputer instructions are performed by the processor, the electronicdevice performs the method according to the second aspect and anypossible design manner of the second aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, embodiments of this application provide achip system, and the chip system is applied to an electronic device. Thechip system includes one or more interface circuits and one or moreprocessors. The interface circuit and the processor are connectedthrough a line. The interface circuit is configured to receive a signalfrom the memory of the electronic device, and send the signal to theprocessor. The signal includes computer instructions stored in thememory. When the processor performs the computer instructions, theelectronic device performs the method according to the first aspect orthe second aspect and any possible design manner of the first aspect orthe second aspect.

According to a sixth aspect, embodiments of this application provide acomputer storage medium, where the computer storage medium includescomputer instructions, and when the computer instructions are run on anelectronic device, the electronic device is enabled to perform themethod according to the first aspect or the second aspect and anypossible design manner of the first aspect or the second aspect.

According to a seventh aspect, embodiments of this application provide acomputer program product. When the computer program product runs on acomputer, the computer is enabled to perform the method according to thefirst aspect or the second aspect, and any possible design manner of thefirst aspect or the second aspect.

It may be understood that for beneficial effects that can be achieved bythe electronic device according to the third aspect or the fourth aspectand any possible design manner of the third aspect or the fourth aspect,the chip system according to the fifth aspect, the computer storagemedium according to the sixth aspect, and the computer program productaccording to the seventh aspect, refer to beneficial effects in thefirst aspect or the second aspect and any possible design manner of thefirst aspect or the second aspect. Details are not described hereinagain.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of an example of a display interface ofan electronic device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of an example of another displayinterface of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of an example of still another displayinterface of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 1D is a schematic diagram of an example of yet another displayinterface of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 1E is a schematic diagram of an example of still yet anotherdisplay interface of an electronic device according to an embodiment ofthis application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a swipe control method for an electronic deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of an example of a display interface ofan electronic device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of an example of another displayinterface of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 4C is a schematic diagram of an example of still another displayinterface of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 5A is a schematic diagram of an example of yet another displayinterface of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 5B is a schematic diagram of an example of still yet anotherdisplay interface of an electronic device according to an embodiment ofthis application;

FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram of an example of a further displayinterface of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of another swipe control method for an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of still another swipe control method for anelectronic device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of yet another swipe control method for anelectronic device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a composition of a swipe controlapparatus of an electronic device according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of still yet another swipe control method for anelectronic device according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a further swipe control method for anelectronic device according to an embodiment of this application; and

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a structure of a chip system accordingto an embodiment of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutionsin embodiments of this application with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in embodiments of this application. It is clear that thedescribed embodiments are merely some but not all of embodiments of thisapplication. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinaryskill in the art based on embodiments of this application withoutcreative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of thisapplication.

In addition, the character “/” in this application generally indicatesan “or” relationship between the associated objects. For example, A/Bmay be understood as “A or B”.

The terms “first” and “second” are merely intended for a purpose ofdescription, and shall not be understood as an indication or implicationof relative importance or an implicit indication of a quantity ofindicated technical features. Therefore, a feature limited by “first” or“second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such features.In the descriptions of embodiments, unless otherwise specified, “aplurality of” means two or more.

In addition, the terms “including”, “having”, or any other variantthereof in descriptions of this application are intended to cover anon-exclusive inclusion. For example, a process, a method, a system, aproduct, or a device that includes a series of steps or modules is notlimited to the listed steps or modules, but optionally further includesother unlisted steps or modules, or optionally further includes anotherinherent steps or modules of the process, the method, the product, orthe device.

In addition, in embodiments of this application, the words “example”,“for example”, or the like are used to represent giving an example, anillustration, or descriptions. Any embodiment or design scheme describedas “example” or “for example” in this application should not beexplained as being more preferred or having more advantages than anotherembodiment or design scheme. Exactly, use of the word “example” or “forexample” or the like is intended to present a concept in a specificmanner.

For ease of understanding the following embodiments clearly, briefdescriptions of a related technology are given first.

Control: Generally, an element presented in a GUI (graphical userinterface, graphical user interface) may be referred to as a control,and the control can provide a specific operation for a user or displayspecific content.

For example, the control may specifically include a text control, suchas a TextView control and an EditText control, or may include a buttoncontrol, such as a Button control and an ImageButton control, or mayinclude a picture control, such as an ImageView control.

In embodiments of this application, the control may be used to triggeran electronic device to switch between interfaces at a same level.

With development of science and technology, various third-partyapplications may be installed in a current lightweight electronic device(for example, a smart band or a smart watch). A swipe control is set oninterfaces of some third-party applications, and the swipe controloccupies the entire interface. In response to a swipe operationperformed by the user on the swipe control, the electronic device mayswitch between a plurality of interfaces at a same level in thethird-party application. For example, as shown in FIG. 1A, Gallery isinstalled in the smart watch. In response to a selection operationperformed by the user on Gallery, the smart watch may display a picture,and the picture occupies an entire interface of a screen of the smartwatch. As shown in FIG. 1B, an interface A displayed by the smart watchincludes a picture A, and a swipe control is disposed in the interfaceA. As shown in FIG. 1C and FIG. 1D, in response to a swipe operation ofthe user, a swipe control of an interface A triggers the smart watch toswitch between interfaces at a same level, and an actual interface B ofthe smart watch includes a picture B. The interface A and the interfaceB are interfaces at a same level, and both the picture A and the pictureB are pictures in Gallery.

In addition, because a screen of the lightweight electronic device issmall, there are not excessive button options on the lightweightelectronic device for the user to operate the electronic device.Therefore, generally, the user needs to operate the lightweightelectronic device by gestures. For example, generally, the smart watchmay return to an upper-level interface in response to a rightward swipegesture entered by the user. However, with reference to FIG. 1C and FIG.1D, the smart watch responds to a rightward swipe gesture entered by theuser, and the interface B displayed by the smart watch includes thepicture B. Therefore, when a control exists in the interface displayedon the screen of the lightweight electronic device, and the controloccupies the entire interface displayed on the lightweight electronicdevice, a gesture conflict may occur.

In a conventional technology, a button option can be added to theinterface. As shown in FIG. 1E, the interface A displayed on the smartwatch includes a back button and the picture A, and a swipe control isset on the picture A in the interface A. In response to a swipeoperation performed by the user on the picture A, the swipe controltriggers the smart watch to switch between interfaces at a same level.The smart watch displays an upper-level interface in response to anoperation performed by the user on the back button. However, in theconventional technical solutions, the button option occupies somecontrols of the interface displayed on the screen. Therefore, contentincluded in the interface is reduced, and effective utilization of theinterface displayed on the screen is low.

Therefore, embodiments of this application provide a swipe controlmethod for an electronic device. In the method, when displaying a firstinterface, the electronic device may display an interface at an upperlevel of the first interface or an interface at a lower level of thefirst interface in response to a swipe operation of the user. In thisway, when a gesture conflict exists in the electronic device, theelectronic device may display an interface at another level. Inaddition, in the technical solutions of this application, no buttonoption needs to be added. This improves effective utilization of aninterface displayed on a screen.

An application (for example, a first application and a secondapplication) in this embodiment of this application may be an embeddedapplication (that is, a system application of the electronic device)installed in the electronic device or a downloadable application. Theembedded application is an application provided as a part ofimplementation of the electronic device (such as a smart watch). Thedownloadable application is an application that may provide an internetprotocol multimedia subsystem (Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem,IMS) connection of the downloadable application. The downloadableapplication may be an application pre-installed in the terminal, or maybe a third-party application that is downloaded by the user and that isinstalled in the terminal.

It should be noted that, in embodiments of this application, theelectronic device is a touchable electronic device. For example, theelectronic device in this embodiment of this application may be a tabletcomputer, a mobile phone, a desktop computer, a laptop, a handheldcomputer, a notebook computer, an ultra-mobile personal computer(ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), or a netbook, and a device suchas a smart watch, a personal digital assistant (personal digitalassistant, PDA), an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR)/virtualreality (virtual reality, VR) device, and a smart band. A specific formof the electronic device is not specially limited in embodiments of thisapplication. Generally, because a screen of a lightweight electronicdevice such as a smart watch or a smart band is small, there are notexcessive button options on the lightweight electronic device for theuser to operate the electronic device. Therefore, compared with anotherelectronic device, when operating the lightweight electronic device, theuser more needs to operate the electronic device by gestures.

The swipe control method for an electronic device provided in thisapplication may be performed by a swipe control apparatus of theelectronic device, and the execution apparatus may be the electronicdevice shown in FIG. 2 . In addition, the execution apparatus mayalternatively be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit,CPU) of the electronic device, or a module for swipe control of theelectronic device in the electronic device. In this embodiment of thisapplication, an example in which the electronic device performs theswipe control method for an electronic device is used to describe theswipe control method for an electronic device provided in thisembodiment of this application.

Refer to FIG. 2 . This application describes the electronic deviceprovided in this application by using an example in which the electronicdevice is a smart watch 200 shown in FIG. 2 . The smart watch 200 shownin FIG. 2 is merely an example of the electronic device, and the smartwatch 200 may have more or fewer components than those shown in thefigure, may combine two or more components, or may have differentcomponent configurations. The components shown in FIG. 2 may beimplemented in hardware including one or more signal processors and/orapplication-specific integrated circuits, software, or a combination ofhardware and software.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the smart watch 200 may include a processor 210, anexternal memory interface 220, an internal memory 221, a universalserial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface 230, a chargingmanagement module 240, a power management module 241, a battery 242, anantenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 250, a wirelesscommunication module 260, an audio module 270, a speaker 270A, areceiver 270B, a microphone 270C, a headset jack 270D, a sensor module280, a button 290, a motor 291, an indicator 292, a display 293, asubscriber identification module (subscriber identification module, SIM)card interface 294, and the like.

The sensor module 280 may include a pressure sensor, a gyroscope sensor,a barometric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor,a range sensor, an optical proximity sensor, a fingerprint sensor, atemperature sensor, a touch sensor, an ambient light sensor, a boneconduction sensor, and the like.

It may be understood that the structure shown in this embodiment doesnot constitute a specific limitation on the smart watch 200. In someother embodiments, the smart watch 200 may include more or fewercomponents than those shown in the figure, or combine some components,or split some components, or have different component arrangements. Thecomponents shown in the figure may be implemented by using hardware,software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 210 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 210 may include an application processor (applicationprocessor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (graphicsprocessing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signalprocessor, ISP), a controller, a memory, a video codec, a digital signalprocessor (digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/ora neural-network processing unit (neural-network processing unit, NPU).Different processing units may be independent devices, or may beintegrated into one or more processors.

The controller may be a nerve center and a command center of the smartwatch 200. The controller may generate an operation control signal basedon instruction operation code and a time sequence signal, to completecontrol of instruction fetching and instruction execution.

A memory may be further disposed in the processor 210, and is configuredto store instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in theprocessor 210 is a cache. The memory may store instructions or data justused or cyclically used by the processor 210. If the processor 210 needsto use the instructions or the data again, the processor 210 maydirectly invoke the instructions or the data from the memory. Thisavoids repeated access, reduces waiting time of the processor 210, andimproves system efficiency.

In some embodiments, the processor 210 may include one or moreinterfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit(inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuitsound (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulse codemodulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universalasynchronous receiver/transmitter (universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), a general-purposeinput/output (general-purpose input/output, GPIO) interface, asubscriber identity module (subscriber identity module, SIM) interface,a universal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) interface, and/or thelike.

It may be understood that the interface connection relationship betweenthe modules shown in this embodiment is merely an example fordescription, and does not constitute a limitation on the structure ofthe smart watch 200. In some other embodiments, the smart watch 200 mayalternatively use an interface connection manner different from that inthe foregoing embodiment, or a combination of a plurality of interfaceconnection manners.

The charging management module 240 is configured to receive a charginginput from a charger. The charger may be a wireless charger or a wiredcharger. When charging the battery 242, the charging management module240 may further supply power to the electronic device by using the powermanagement module 241.

The power management module 241 is configured to connect to the battery242, the charging management module 240, and the processor 210. Thepower management module 241 receives an input of the battery 242 and/orthe charging management module 240, and supplies power to the processor210, the internal memory 221, an external memory, the display 293, thewireless communication module 260, and the like. In some embodiments,the power management module 241 and the charging management module 240may be alternatively disposed in a same component.

A wireless communication function of the smart watch 200 may beimplemented by using the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobilecommunication module 250, the wireless communication module 260, themodem processor, the baseband processor, and the like. In someembodiments, the antenna 1 of the smart watch 200 is coupled to themobile communication module 250, and the antenna 2 is coupled to thewireless communication module 260, so that the smart watch 200 cancommunicate with a network and another device by using a wirelesscommunication technology. For example, in this embodiment of thisapplication, the smart watch 200 may send the data in the firstapplication to another device by using the wireless communicationtechnology.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receivean electromagnetic wave signal. Each antenna in the smart watch 200 maybe configured to cover one or more communication frequency bands.Different antennas may be further multiplexed, to improve antennautilization. For example, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as adiversity antenna in a wireless local area network. In some otherembodiments, an antenna may be used in combination with a tuning switch.

The mobile communication module 250 may provide a solution that isapplied to the smart watch 200 and that includes wireless communicationsuch as 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G. The mobile communication module 250 mayinclude at least one filter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noiseamplifier (low noise amplifier, LNA), and the like. The mobilecommunication module 250 may receive an electromagnetic wave through theantenna 1, perform processing such as filtering or amplification on thereceived electromagnetic wave, and transmit the electromagnetic wave tothe modem processor for demodulation.

The mobile communication module 250 may further amplify a signalmodulated by the modem processor, and convert the signal into anelectromagnetic wave for radiation through the antenna 1. In someembodiments, at least some function modules in the mobile communicationmodule 250 may be disposed in the processor 210. In some embodiments, atleast some function modules in the mobile communication module 250 maybe disposed in a same component as at least some modules in theprocessor 210.

The wireless communication module 260 may provide a wirelesscommunication solution that is applied to the smart watch 200 and thatincludes a wireless local area network (wireless local area network,WLAN) (for example, a wireless fidelity (wireless fidelity, Wi-Fi)network), Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), a global navigation satellitesystem (global navigation satellite system, GNSS), frequency modulation(frequency modulation, FM), a near field communication (near fieldcommunication, NFC) technology, an infrared (infrared, IR) technology,or the like. For example, in this embodiment of this application, thesmart watch 200 may access the Wi-Fi network by using the wirelesscommunication module 260.

The wireless communication module 260 may be one or more componentsintegrating at least one communication processor module. The wirelesscommunication module 260 receives the electromagnetic wave through theantenna 2, performs frequency modulation and filtering processing on theelectromagnetic wave signal, and sends a processed signal to theprocessor 210. The wireless communication module 260 may further receivea to-be-sent signal from the processor 210, perform frequency modulationand amplification on the signal, and convert the signal into anelectromagnetic wave for radiation through the antenna 2.

The smart watch 200 implements a display function by using the GPU, thedisplay 293, the application processor, or the like. The GPU is amicroprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 293and the application processor. The GPU is configured to performmathematical and geometric calculation, and render an image. Theprocessor 210 may include one or more GPUs that execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 293 is configured to display an image, a video, or the like.The display 293 includes a display panel. For example, in thisembodiment of this application, the display 293 may be configured todisplay an application interface of the first application, for example,a device sharing interface, a device search interface, and atwo-dimensional code scanning interface.

The external memory interface 220 may be configured to connect to anexternal memory card, for example, a micro SD card, to expand a storagecapability of the smart watch 200. The external memory card communicateswith the processor 210 through the external memory interface 220, toimplement a data storage function. For example, files such as music anda video are stored in the external memory card.

The internal memory 221 may be configured to store computer-executableprogram code. The executable program code includes instructions. Theprocessor 210 performs various functional applications and dataprocessing of the smart watch 200 by running the instructions stored inthe internal memory 221. For example, in this embodiment of thisapplication, the processor 210 may perform the instructions stored inthe internal memory 221, and the internal memory 221 may include aprogram storage area and a data storage area.

The program storage area may store an operating system, an applicationrequired by at least one function (for example, a sound playing functionor an image playing function), and the like. The data storage area maystore data (such as audio data and a phone book) created in a process ofusing the smart watch 200. In addition, the internal memory 221 mayinclude a high-speed random access memory, or may include a nonvolatilememory, for example, at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flashmemory, or a universal flash storage (universal flash storage, UFS).

The smart watch 200 may implement an audio function, for example, musicplaying and recording, by using the audio module 270, the speaker 270A,the receiver 270B, the microphone 270C, the headset jack 270D, theapplication processor, and the like.

The button 290 includes a power button, a volume button, or the like.The button 290 may be a mechanical button, or a touch button. The motor291 may generate a vibration prompt. The motor 291 may be configured toprovide an incoming call vibration prompt and a touch vibrationfeedback. The indicator 292 may be an indicator light, and may beconfigured to indicate a charging status and a power change, or may beconfigured to indicate a message, a missed call, a notification, or thelike. The SIM card interface 294 is configured to connect to a SIM card.The SIM card may be inserted into the SIM card interface 294 or removedfrom the SIM card interface 294 to implement contact and separation fromthe smart watch 200. The smart watch 200 may support one or N SIM cardinterfaces, where N is a positive integer greater than 1. The SIM cardinterface 294 may support a nano-SIM card, a micro-SIM card, a SIM card,and the like.

Although not shown in FIG. 2 , the smart watch 200 may alternatively bea flashlight, a micro projection apparatus, a near field communication(Near Field Communication, NFC) apparatus, and the like. Details are notdescribed herein again.

All methods in the following embodiments may be implemented in theelectronic device having the foregoing hardware structure. In thefollowing embodiments, the method in this embodiment of this applicationis described by using an example in which the electronic device is thesmart watch 200.

Embodiments of this application provide a swipe control method for anelectronic device. As shown in FIG. 3 , the swipe control method for anelectronic device may include S301 to S303.

S301: A smart watch 200 displays a first interface of a firstapplication.

The first interface is the 1^(st) interface or the last interface ofinterfaces at a same level of the first application. For example,Gallery in the smart watch 200 stores nine pictures. As shown in FIG.4A, an interface A displayed on the smart watch 200 includes thumbnailsof nine pictures, such as a picture A, a picture B, and a picture C.Nine interfaces corresponding to enlarged images of the nine picturesare interfaces at a same level. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, aninterface B displayed on the smart watch 200 includes an enlarged imageof the picture A. The interface including the enlarged image of thepicture A is the 1^(st) interface of the interfaces that are at a samelevel and that are displayed when the smart watch 200 separatelydisplays the enlarged images of the nine pictures, and an interfaceincluding the enlarged image of the picture B is the last interface ofthe interfaces that are at a same level and that are displayed when thesmart watch 200 separately displays the enlarged images of the ninepictures.

It should be noted that the first interface further includes a firstcontrol, and the first control is used to trigger, in response to aswipe operation, the smart watch 200 to switch between interfaces at asame level. For example, with reference to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, as shownin FIG. 4C, in response to a leftward swipe operation performed by theuser on the interface B, the smart watch 200 displays an interface Cthat includes an enlarged image of the picture C.

In a possible design, the first control may fill an entire interface. Inother words, with reference to FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, and FIG. 4C, when theuser performs a swipe operation on any area in the interface B, thefirst control may receive an instruction that instructs the smart watch200 to switch between interfaces at a same level. The interface B thatincludes the picture A and that is displayed on the smart watch 200 isswitched to the interface C that includes the picture C.

In another possible design, the first control may be disposed in a partof the interface. In other words, with reference to FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B,and FIG. 4C, when the user performs the swipe operation on an area inwhich the first control is disposed in the interface B, the firstcontrol may receive an instruction that instructs the smart watch 200 toswitch between interfaces at a same level. The interface B that includesthe picture A and that is displayed on the smart watch 200 is switchedto the interface C that includes the picture C.

Optionally, the first control is invisible to the user on the displayinterface of the smart watch 200, that is, the user cannot view thefirst control. For example, the first control is invisible to the userat a bottom layer of a picture (the picture C shown in FIG. 4C)displayed on the smart watch 200. Therefore, the user can convenientlyswitch interfaces at a same level on the smart watch 200. Usually, whenthe first control is not displayed in the interface, the first controlfills the entire interface. In this way, a case in which the useroperates the smart watch 200 for a plurality of times because the userdoes not know the area set by the first control can be avoided, therebyimproving user experience.

S302: The smart watch 200 receives a first swipe operation of the useron the first interface.

The first swipe operation includes two swipe operations between which aninterval is less than preset duration.

It may be understood that the interval between the two swipe operationsis limited to be less than the preset duration, so that recognition ofthe first swipe operation can be improved, and accuracy of recognizingthe first swipe operation by the electronic device is improved. Fordetails about how the smart watch 200 receives the first swipe operationof the user on the first interface, refer to S601 to S603. Details arenot described herein again.

It should be noted that the first interface is the 1^(st) interface orthe last interface of the interfaces at a same level of the firstapplication. Therefore, when the electronic device receives a swipeoperation of the user, the smart watch 200 cannot switch betweeninterfaces at a same level.

For example, it is assumed that the user performs a left-to-right swipeoperation to trigger the smart watch 200 to switch the current interfaceto a next interface at a same level, and the user performs aright-to-left swipe operation to trigger the smart watch 200 to switchthe current interface to a previous interface at a same level.

Usually, when the first interface is the 1^(st) interface of theinterfaces at a same level, in response to a left-to-right swipeoperation entered by the user on the first interface, the smartphone 200cannot switch the first interface to a previous interface at a samelevel, and the smartphone 200 still displays the first interface. Whenthe first interface is the last interface of the interfaces at a samelevel, in response to a right-to-left swipe operation entered by theuser on the first interface, the smartphone 200 cannot switch the firstinterface to a next interface at a same level, and the smartphone 200still displays the first interface.

However, in this embodiment of this application, the smart watch 200 mayreceive the first swipe operation of the user on the first interface,and in response to the first swipe operation, the smart watch 200 mayperform interface switching.

Optionally, a swipe distance of each of the two swipe operations isgreater than a preset distance threshold. The swipe distance is astraight-line distance between a start contact at which the user startsa swipe operation on the first interface and an end contact at which theuser ends the swipe operation on the first interface. For example, asshown in FIG. 5A, the swipe distance is a straight-line distance betweena contact A and a contact B. Alternatively, the swipe distance is astraight-line distance that is between a start contact at which the userstarts a swipe operation on the first interface and an end contact atwhich the user ends the swipe operation on the first interface and thatis along an x-axis direction. For example, as shown in FIG. 5B, theswipe distance is a straight-line distance between a contact A and acontact C. Alternatively, the swipe distance is a straight-line distancethat is between a start contact at which the user starts a swipeoperation on the first interface and an end contact at which the userends the swipe operation on the first interface and that is along ay-axis direction. For example, as shown in FIG. 5C, the swipe distanceis a straight-line distance between a contact A and a contact C. This isnot limited in embodiments of this application.

It should be noted that the preset distance threshold may be set by adeveloper. This is not limited in embodiments of this application. Whenthe swipe distance of the swipe operation is less than the presetdistance threshold, the smart watch 200 does not respond to the swipeoperation of the user. In this way, the swipe distance of the swipeoperation is limited, so that a case in which the electronic deviceresponds to an accidental touch operation of the user can be avoided,thereby improving user experience. In addition, only when the swipedistance of the swipe operation is greater than the preset distancethreshold, the swipe operation may be the swipe operation included inthe first swipe operation. In this way, recognition of the first swipeoperation can be improved, and accuracy of recognizing the first swipeoperation by the electronic device is improved.

S303: The smart watch 200 displays a second interface in response to thefirst swipe operation.

The second interface is an interface at an upper level of the firstinterface or an interface at a lower level of the first interface. Forexample, with reference to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the interface A is aninterface at an upper level of the interface B, and the interface B isan interface at a lower level of the interface A.

In a possible design, the first swipe operation is a swipe operation ina first direction, and the second interface is the interface at theupper level of the first interface. The first swipe operation includes aswipe operation from left to right, a swipe operation from top tobottom, a swipe operation from top left to bottom right, a swipeoperation from bottom left to top right, or a swipe operation from topright to bottom left. This is not limited in embodiments of thisapplication. Two side frames (such as a left frame and a lower frame)that are perpendicular to each other on the electronic device arerespectively used as an x-axis and a y-axis, and the swipe operationfrom left to right refers to a swipe operation in a positive directionof the x-axis. The swipe operation from top to bottom refers to a swipeoperation in the negative direction of the y-axis.

It should be noted that, when the first swipe operation is the swipeoperation from top left to bottom right, the smart watch 200 determinesthe swipe direction based on a degree of an included angle formedbetween the x-axis or the y-axis and a track line segment between thestart contact and the end contact at which the user performs the swipeoperation. The degree of the included angle is greater than or equal to0 degrees and less than or equal to 90 degrees. If the degree of theincluded angle formed between the track line segment and the x-axis isless than the degree of the included angle formed between the track linesegment and the y-axis, the swipe direction recognized by the smartwatch 200 is the right direction. If the degree of the included angleformed between the track line segment and the x-axis is greater than thedegree of the included angle formed between the track line segment andthe y-axis, the swipe direction recognized by the smart watch 200 is thedown direction. When the first swipe operation is a swipe operation frombottom left to top right, the degree of the included angle formedbetween the track line segment formed by performing the swipe operationby the user and the x-axis is less than the degree of the included angleformed between the track line segment and the y-axis. The swipedirection recognized by the smart watch 200 is the right direction. Whenthe first swipe operation is a swipe operation from top right to bottomleft, the degree of the included angle formed between the track linesegment formed by performing the swipe operation by the user and thex-axis is greater than the degree of the included angle formed betweenthe track line segment and the y-axis. The swipe direction recognized bythe smart watch 200 is the down direction.

For example, with reference to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, in response to thefirst swipe operation performed by the user on the interface B thatincludes two rightward swipe operations, the interface B displayed bythe smart watch 200 is switched to the interface A.

In another possible design, the first swipe operation is a swipeoperation in a second direction, and the second interface is theinterface at the lower level of the first interface. The first swipeoperation includes a swipe operation from right to left, a swipeoperation from bottom to top, a swipe operation from bottom right to topleft, a swipe operation from top right to bottom left, or a swipeoperation from bottom left to top right. This is not limited inembodiments of this application. Two side frames (such as a left frameand a lower frame) that are perpendicular to each other on theelectronic device are respectively used as the x-axis and the y-axis,and a swipe operation from right to left refers to a swipe operation ina negative direction of the x-axis. The swipe operation from bottom totop refers to a swipe operation in a positive direction of the y-axis.

It should be noted that, when the first swipe operation is a swipeoperation from bottom right to top left, if the degree of the includedangle formed between the track line segment and the x-axis is less thanthe degree of the included angle formed between the track line segmentand the y-axis, the swipe direction recognized by the smart watch 200 isthe left direction. If the degree of the included angle formed betweenthe track line segment and the x-axis is greater than the degree of theincluded angle formed between the track line segment and the y-axis, theswipe direction recognized by the smart watch 200 is the upwarddirection. When the first swipe operation is a swipe operation frombottom left to top right, the degree of the included angle formedbetween the track line segment formed by performing the swipe operationby the user and the x-axis is greater than the degree of the includedangle formed between the track line segment and the y-axis. The swipedirection recognized by the smart watch 200 is the upward direction.When the first swipe operation is a swipe operation from top right tobottom left, the degree of the included angle formed between the trackline segment formed by the user by performing the swipe operation andthe x-axis is less than the degree of the included angle formed betweenthe track line segment and the y-axis. The swipe direction that can berecognized by the smart watch 200 is the left direction.

In embodiments of this application, the first direction is opposite tothe second direction.

Based on the foregoing technical solutions, when the electronic devicedisplays the 1^(st) interface or the last interface (namely, the firstinterface) of the interfaces at the same level of the first application,the electronic device may respond to two swipe operations of the user onthe first interface between which an interval time is less than thepreset duration, and display an interface at an upper level of the firstinterface or an interface at a lower level of the first interface. Inthis way, although when the electronic device displays the 1^(st)interface or the last interface of the interfaces at the same level ofthe first application, the interface displayed by the electronic devicecannot be switched between interfaces at the same level in response to aswipe operation of the user, according to the foregoing solutions, whenthe user performs two swipe operations on the electronic device betweenwhich the interval time is less than the preset duration, the electronicdevice does not switch between interfaces at a same level, but displaysan interface at an upper level of the first interface or an interface ata lower level of the first interface.

Therefore, according to the technical solutions of this application,when a gesture conflict exists in the electronic device, the electronicdevice may still perform interface switching, for example, displaying aninterface at another level. In addition, in the technical solutions ofthis application, the interval between the two swipe operations islimited to be less than the preset duration, so that recognition of thefirst swipe operation can be improved, and accuracy of recognizing thefirst swipe operation by the electronic device is improved.

S302 is specifically described below. As shown in FIG. 6 , S302 mayinclude S601 to S603.

S601: The smart watch 200 receives one swipe operation performed by theuser on the first interface.

S602: The smart watch 200 records time at which the smart watch 200receives the swipe operation.

S603: The smart watch 200 receives, in the preset duration starting fromthe time recorded by the smart watch 200, a next swipe operation of theuser on the first interface.

In a possible implementation, the smart watch 200 receives the nextswipe operation performed by the user on the first interface, andrecords time at which the smart watch receives the next swipe operation.Then, the smart watch 200 detects an interval that is recorded by thesmart watch 200 and that is of receiving two swipe operations, anddetermines whether the interval is less than the preset duration. If theinterval is less than the preset duration, the smart watch 200determines that the two swipe operations are the first swipe operations.If the interval is greater than the preset duration, the smart watch 200determines that the two swipe operations are two independent swipeoperations.

Based on the foregoing technical solutions, the electronic devicerecords time at which one swipe operation is received, and maydetermine, based on the time, that the next swipe operation received bythe electronic device within the preset duration starting from the timeis the swipe operation in the first swipe operation. In this way,recognition of the first swipe operation can be improved, and accuracyof recognizing the first swipe operation by the electronic device isimproved.

Embodiments of this application provide a swipe control method for anelectronic device. As shown in FIG. 7 , the swipe control method for anelectronic device may include S701 to S703.

S701: A smart watch 200 displays a first interface.

A first control is disposed in the first interface, and the firstcontrol is used to trigger, in response to a swipe operation, the smartwatch 200 to switch between interfaces at a same level. For specificdescriptions of the first control, refer to the descriptions of thefirst control in S301. Details are not described herein again.

S702: The smart watch 200 disables the first control in response to apreset operation of a user on the first interface, so that the firstcontrol does not respond to the swipe operation.

In a possible implementation, in response to the preset operation of theuser on the first interface, the smart watch 200 sets a value of a swipeflag of the first control from a first preset value to a second presetvalue. The swipe flag is used to represent whether the first controlresponds to the swipe operation. If the value of the swipe flag is thefirst preset value, the first control responds to the swipe operation.If the value of the swipe flag is the second preset value, the firstcontrol does not respond to the swipe operation. For example, the firstpreset value may be “true”, and the second preset value may be “false”.Expression forms of the first preset value and the second preset valueare not limited in this embodiment of this application.

It should be noted that in this embodiment of this application, enablingthe first control by the smart watch 200 may also be referred to asactivating the first control by the smart watch 200. Disabling the firstcontrol by the smart watch 200 may also be referred to as deactivatingthe first control by the smart watch 200. The activated first controlmay respond to the swipe operation, and the deactivated first controlcannot respond to the swipe operation.

The preset operation is an operation that does not trigger a control inthe first interface. It may be understood that the preset operation isan operation that does not trigger a control in the first interface, sothat a gesture conflict can be avoided.

In a possible design, the preset operation includes a touch and holdoperation. Pressing duration of the touch and hold operation is greaterthan second preset duration. To be specific, when the pressing durationof the touch and hold operation is greater than the second presetduration, the smart watch 200 may disable the first control, so that thefirst control does not respond to the swipe operation. It may beunderstood that, by limiting the pressing duration, a case in which theelectronic device responds to an accidental touch operation of the useris avoided, thereby improving user experience.

S703: The smart watch 200 displays a second interface in response to afirst swipe operation of the user on the first interface.

The second interface is an interface at an upper level of the firstinterface or an interface at a lower level of the first interface. Aswipe distance of the first swipe operation is greater than a presetdistance threshold.

In a possible design, the first swipe operation is a swipe operation ina first direction, and the second interface is the interface at theupper level of the first interface. For example, with reference to FIG.4A and FIG. 4B, in response to a rightward swipe operation performed bythe user on the interface B, an interface B displayed by the smart watch200 is switched to an interface A.

In another possible design, the first swipe operation is a swipeoperation in a second direction, and the second interface is theinterface at the lower level of the first interface.

It should be noted that the first direction is opposite to the seconddirection. For specific descriptions of the swipe direction of the firstswipe operation, refer to the descriptions in S303. Details are notdescribed herein again.

Based on the foregoing technical solutions, in response to a presetoperation of the user on the first interface, the electronic device maydisable the first control. In other words, after the electronic devicereceives the swipe operation of the user, the interface displayed by theelectronic device cannot be switched between interfaces at a same level.Further, in response to the first swipe operation of the user on thefirst interface, the electronic device may display an interface at anupper level of the first interface or an interface at a lower level ofthe first interface. In this way, although the interface displayed bythe electronic device cannot be switched between interfaces at a samelevel in response to the first swipe operation of the user on theelectronic device, according to the foregoing solutions, the electronicdevice may display an interface at an upper level of the first interfaceor an interface at a lower level of the first interface. Therefore,according to the technical solutions of this application, when a gestureconflict exists in the electronic device, the electronic device maystill perform interface switching, for example, displaying an interfaceat another level.

S703 is specifically described below. As shown in FIG. 8 , S703 mayinclude S801 to S804.

S801: The smart watch 200 records time at which the smart watch 200receives the first swipe operation.

Optionally, before the smart watch 200 records the time at which thesmart watch 200 receives the first swipe operation, when the smart watch200 receives the preset operation, the smart watch 200 records time atwhich the smart watch 200 receives the preset operation.

S802: The smart watch 200 determines whether an interval between thetime at which the smart watch 200 receives the preset operation and thetime at which the smart watch 200 receives the first swipe operation isless than first preset duration.

In a possible design, if the smart watch 200 determines that theinterval between the time at which the smart watch 200 receives thepreset operation and the time at which the smart watch 200 receives thefirst swipe operation is less than the first preset duration, the smartwatch 200 performs S803. If the smart watch 200 determines that theinterval between the time at which the smart watch 200 receives thepreset operation and the time at which the smart watch 200 receives thefirst swipe operation is greater than the first preset duration, thesmart watch 200 performs S804.

For example, if the interval between the time at which the smart watch200 receives the preset operation and the time at which the smart watch200 receives the first swipe operation is 200 milliseconds (millisecond,ms), the first preset duration is 200 ms, that is, the interval betweenthe time at which the smart watch 200 receives the preset operation andthe time at which the smart watch 200 receives the first swipe operationfalls within the first preset duration, the smart watch 200 performsS803.

S803: The smart watch 200 displays a second interface in response to aswipe operation of the user on the first interface.

S804: In response to a swipe operation of the user on the firstinterface, the smart watch 200 enables the first control, so that thefirst control responds to the swipe operation and triggers the smartwatch 200 to switch between interfaces at a same level.

In a possible implementation, after the smart watch 200 disables thefirst control, if the smart watch 200 determines that the intervalbetween the time at which the smart watch 200 receives the presetoperation and the time at which the smart watch 200 receives the firstswipe operation is greater than the first preset duration, in responseto the preset operation of the user on the first interface, the smartwatch 200 sets the value of the swipe flag of the first control from thesecond preset value to the first preset value, so that the first controlresponds to the swipe operation and triggers the smart watch 200 toswitch between interfaces at a same level. For example, with referenceto FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the smart watch 200 triggers the first controlin response to the leftward swipe operation of the user on the interfaceB, so that the first control triggers the smart watch 200 to switch thedisplayed interface from the interface B to an interface C in responseto the swipe operation.

Based on the foregoing technical solutions, by limiting the swipeoperation, the smart watch 200 can improve recognition of the firstswipe operation. This further improves accuracy of recognizing the firstswipe operation by the electronic device. In addition, after the firstpreset duration, in response to a swipe operation of the user on thefirst interface, the smart watch 200 may enable the first control, sothat the first control triggers, in response to the swipe operation, thesmart watch 200 to switch between interfaces at a same level, therebyimproving user experience.

The foregoing mainly describes the solutions provided in embodiments ofthis application from a perspective of the electronic device. It may beunderstood that, to implement the foregoing functions, the electronicdevice includes a corresponding hardware structure and/or softwaremodule for performing each of the functions. A person skilled in the artshould easily be aware that, with reference to the examples described inembodiments disclosed in this application, steps of a swipe controlmethod for an electronic device can be implemented by hardware or acombination of hardware and computer software in this application.Whether a function is performed by hardware or hardware driven byelectronic device software depends on a particular application and adesign constraint of the technical solutions. A person skilled in theart may use different methods to implement the described functions foreach particular application, but it should not be considered that theimplementation goes beyond the scope of this application.

In embodiments of this application, function module division or functionunit division may be performed on the swipe control apparatus of theelectronic device based on the foregoing method example. For example,each function module or function unit may be obtained through divisionbased on each corresponding function, or two or more functions may beintegrated into one processing module. The integrated module may beimplemented in a form of hardware, or may be implemented in a form of asoftware functional module or functional unit. In embodiments of thisapplication, module or unit division is an example, and is merely alogical function division. In actual implementation, another divisionmanner may be used.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a swipe control apparatus of anelectronic device according to an embodiment of this application. Theswipe control apparatus of the electronic device may be a functionmodule in the foregoing electronic device (such as the smart watch 200)configured to implement the method in embodiments of this application.As shown in FIG. 9 , the swipe control apparatus of the electronicdevice may include a gesture management module 901 and an eventmanagement module 902.

The gesture management module 901 is configured to support the smartwatch 200 in performing: receiving an operation performed by a user onthe electronic device, and recognizing a gesture of the user. Forexample, the gesture management module 901 is configured to support thesmart watch 200 in performing S302, S601, and S603 in the foregoingmethod embodiments, and/or another process of the technology describedin this specification. For example, a function of the gesture managementmodule 901 may be implemented by using a processor 210, a sensor 280, aninternal memory 221, or the like of the smart watch 200.

The event management module 902 is configured to support the smart watch200 in performing: recognizing an event corresponding to a gesture ofthe user. For example, the event management module 902 is configured tosupport the smart watch 200 in performing S301, S303, S602, S701, S702,S703, S801, S802, S803, and S804 in the foregoing method embodiments,and/or other processes of the technology described herein. For example,a function of the event management module 902 may be implemented byusing the processor 210, the internal memory 221, a display 293, and thelike of the smart watch 200.

For example, with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6 , as shown in FIG. 10 ,in response to a first swipe operation performed by the user on a firstinterface, the gesture management module 901 recognizes a swipe gesturecorresponding to the first swipe operation, and sends the swipe gestureto the event management module 902. The event management module 902determines, based on the swipe gesture, a swipe event corresponding tothe swipe gesture, and sends the swipe event to a first control. If thefirst interface is not switched, and the gesture management module 901receives a second swipe operation, the gesture management module 901recognizes a swipe gesture corresponding to the second swipe operation,and sends the swipe gesture to the event management module 902. Theevent management module 902 detects an interval between time at whichthe gesture management module 901 receives the first swipe operation andtime at which the gesture management module 901 receives the secondswipe operation, and determines whether the interval between the twoswipe operations is less than preset duration. If the interval betweenthe two swipe operations is less than the preset duration, the eventmanagement module 902 sends a return event to the system.

For another example, with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , as shown inFIG. 11 , in response to a touch and hold operation performed by theuser on the first interface, the gesture management module 901recognizes a touch and hold gesture corresponding to the touch and holdoperation, and sends the touch and hold gesture to the event managementmodule 902. The event management module 902 determines, based on thetouch and hold gesture, a touch and hold event corresponding to thetouch and hold gesture, and sends the touch and hold event to the firstcontrol. The first control sets a swipe flag of the first control tofalse in response to the touch and hold event. Then, the gesturemanagement module 901 receives the swipe operation, and the gesturemanagement module 901 recognizes a swipe gesture corresponding to theswipe operation, and sends the swipe gesture to the event managementmodule 902. The event management module 902 detects an interval betweentime at which the gesture management module 901 receives the touch andhold operation and time at which the gesture management module 901receives the swipe operation, and determines whether the intervalbetween the two operations is less than first preset duration. If theinterval between the two operations is less than the preset duration,the event management module 902 sends a return event to the system.

Some other embodiments of this application provide an electronic device(for example, the smart watch 200 shown in FIG. 2 ). A first applicationis installed in the electronic device. The electronic device may includea display, a memory, and one or more processors. The display and thememory are coupled to the processor. The electronic device may furtherinclude a camera. Alternatively, the electronic device may be connectedto an external camera. The memory is configured to store computerprogram code. The computer program code includes computer instructions.When the processor executes the computer instructions, the electronicdevice may perform the functions or steps performed by the mobile phonein the foregoing method embodiments. For a structure of the electronicdevice, refer to the structure of the smart watch 200 shown in FIG. 2 .

Embodiments of this application further provide a chip system. As shownin FIG. 12 , the chip system includes at least one processor 1201 and atleast one interface circuit 1202. The processor 1201 and the interfacecircuit 1202 may be interconnected through a line. For example, theinterface circuit 1202 may be configured to receive a signal fromanother apparatus (for example, a memory in the electronic device). Foranother example, the interface circuit 1202 may be configured to send asignal to another apparatus (for example, the processor 1201). Forexample, the interface circuit 1202 may read instructions stored in thememory, and send the instructions to the processor 1201. When theinstructions are performed by the processor 1201, the electronic device(for example, the smart watch 200 shown in FIG. 2 ) is enabled toperform the steps in the foregoing embodiments. Certainly, the chipsystem may further include another discrete device. This is notspecifically limited in this embodiment of this application.

Embodiments of this application further provide a computer storagemedium. The computer storage medium includes computer instructions. Whenthe computer instructions are run on the foregoing electronic device(for example, the smart watch 200 shown in FIG. 2 ), the electronicdevice is enabled to perform the functions or steps performed by themobile phone in the foregoing method embodiments.

Embodiments of this application further provide a computer programproduct. When the computer program product runs on a computer, thecomputer is enabled to perform functions or steps performed by themobile phone in the foregoing method embodiments.

The foregoing descriptions about implementations allow a person skilledin the art to clearly understand that, for the purpose of convenient andbrief description, division of the foregoing functional modules is usedas an example for illustration. In actual application, the foregoingfunctions can be allocated to different modules and implemented based ona requirement, that is, an inner structure of an apparatus is dividedinto different functional modules to implement all or some of thefunctions described above.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed apparatuses and methods may be implementedin other manners. For example, the described apparatus embodiments aremerely examples. For example, division of the modules or units is merelylogical function division, and may be other division during actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or may be integrated into another apparatus, or some featuresmay be ignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussedmutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electrical, mechanical, or another form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may be one or more physicalunits, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed in aplurality of different places. Some or all of the units may be selectedbased on actual requirements to achieve the objectives of the solutionsof embodiments.

In addition, functional units in embodiments of this application may beintegrated into one processing unit, each of the units may exist alonephysically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. Theintegrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or may beimplemented in a form of a software function unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in a form of a software functionunit and sold or used as an independent product, the integrated unit maybe stored in a readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding,the technical solutions of embodiments of this application essentially,or the part contributing to the current technology, or all or some ofthe technical solutions may be implemented in a form of a softwareproduct. The software product is stored in a storage medium and includesseveral instructions for instructing a device (which may be asingle-chip microcomputer, a chip, or the like) or a processor(processor) to perform all or some of steps of methods in embodiments ofthis application. The foregoing storage medium includes any medium thatcan store program code, for example, a USB flash drive, a removable harddisk, a read only memory (read only memory, ROM), a random access memory(random access memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of thisapplication, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of thisapplication. Any variation or replacement within the technical scopedisclosed in this application shall fall within the protection scope ofthis application. Therefore, the protection scope of this applicationshall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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 41. A method, applied to an electronic devicecomprising a display, wherein a first application is installed on theelectronic device, and the method comprises: displaying, by theelectronic device, a first interface of the first application, whereinthe first interface is a first-order interface or a last-order interfaceof interfaces at a same level of the first application; receiving, bythe electronic device, a first swipe operation of a user on the firstinterface, wherein the first swipe operation comprises two swipeoperations, and an interval between the two swipe operations is lessthan a preset duration; and displaying, by the electronic device, asecond interface in response to the first swipe operation, wherein thesecond interface is an interface at an upper level of the firstinterface or an interface at a lower level of the first interface. 42.The method according to claim 41, wherein receiving, by the electronicdevice, the first swipe operation of the user on the first interfacecomprises: receiving, by the electronic device, an initial swipeoperation of the user on the first interface; recording, by theelectronic device, a time at which the electronic device receives theinitial swipe operation; and receiving, by the electronic device withinthe preset duration starting from the time recorded by the electronicdevice, a next swipe operation of the user on the first interface. 43.The method according to claim 41, wherein a first control is comprisedin the first interface, and the first control is configured to trigger,in response to a swipe operation on the first control, the electronicdevice to switch between interfaces at a same level, and the methodcomprises: disabling, by the electronic device, the first control inresponse to a preset operation of a user on the first interface, tocause the first control to not respond to a swipe operation on the firstcontrol, wherein the preset operation comprises a touch and holdoperation.
 44. The method according to claim 43, wherein displaying, bythe electronic device, the second interface in response to the firstswipe operation comprises: when the electronic device receives a secondswipe operation within the preset duration starting from time at whichthe electronic device receives the preset operation, displaying, by theelectronic device, the second interface in response to the second swipeoperation of the user on the first interface.
 45. The method accordingto claim 43, further comprising: enabling, by the electronic device, thefirst control after the preset duration starting from a time at whichthe electronic device receives the preset operation, to cause the firstcontrol to trigger, in response to a swipe operation on the firstcontrol, the electronic device to switch between interfaces at a samelevel.
 46. The method according to claim 43, wherein a press duration ofthe touch and hold operation is greater than second preset duration. 47.The method according to claim 44, wherein: a swipe distance of eachswipe operation of the two swipe operations is greater than a presetdistance threshold; or a swipe distance of the second swipe operation isgreater than a preset distance threshold.
 48. The method according toclaim 41, wherein: the first swipe operation is in a first direction,and the second interface is the interface at the upper level of thefirst interface; or the first swipe operation is a swipe operation in asecond direction, and the second interface is the interface at the lowerlevel of the first interface; and wherein the first direction isopposite to the second direction.
 49. An electronic device, comprising:a memory; a display; and one or more processors, wherein the memory andthe display are coupled to the one or more processors, the memory isconfigured to store computer program code, the computer program codecomprises computer instructions, and when the computer instructions areexecuted by the one or more processors, the electronic device is enabledto perform the following: displaying a first interface of a firstapplication installed on the electronic device, wherein the firstinterface is a first-order interface or a last-order interface ofinterfaces at a same level of the first application; receiving a firstswipe operation of a user on the first interface, wherein the firstswipe operation comprises two swipe operations, and an interval betweenthe two swipe operations is less than a preset duration; and displayinga second interface in response to the first swipe operation, wherein thesecond interface is an interface at an upper level of the firstinterface or an interface at a lower level of the first interface. 50.The electronic device according to claim 49, wherein when the computerinstructions are executed by the one or more processors, the electronicdevice is enabled to further perform the following: receiving an initialswipe operation of the user on the first interface; recording a time atwhich the electronic device receives the initial swipe operation; andreceiving a next swipe operation of the user on the first interfacewithin the preset duration starting from the time recorded by theelectronic device.
 51. The electronic device according to claim 49,wherein a first control is comprised in the first interface, and thefirst control is configured to trigger, in response to a swipe operationon the first control, the electronic device to switch between interfacesat a same level; and wherein when the computer instructions are executedby the one or more processors, the electronic device is enabled tofurther perform the following: disabling the first control in responseto a preset operation of a user on the first interface, to cause thefirst control to not respond to a swipe operation on the first control,wherein the preset operation comprises a touch and hold operation. 52.The electronic device according to claim 51, wherein when the computerinstructions are executed by the one or more processors, the electronicdevice is enabled to further perform the following: when a second swipeoperation is received within the preset duration starting from a time atwhich the electronic device receives the preset operation, displayingthe second interface in response to the second swipe operation of theuser on the first interface.
 53. The electronic device according toclaim 51, wherein when the computer instructions are executed by the oneor more processors, the electronic device is enabled to further performthe following: enabling the first control after the preset durationstarting from a time at which the electronic device receives the presetoperation, to cause the first control to trigger, in response to a swipeoperation on the first control, the electronic device to switch betweeninterfaces at a same level.
 54. The electronic device according to claim51, a wherein press duration of the touch and hold operation is greaterthan second preset duration.
 55. The electronic device according toclaim 52, wherein: a swipe distance of each swipe operation of the twoswipe operations is greater than a preset distance threshold; or a swipedistance of the second swipe operation is greater than a preset distancethreshold.
 56. The electronic device according to claim 49, wherein: thefirst swipe operation is in a first direction, and the second interfaceis the interface at the upper level of the first interface; or the firstswipe operation is in a second direction, and the second interface isthe interface at the lower level of the first interface; and wherein thefirst direction is opposite to the second direction.
 57. Anon-transitory computer storage medium, comprising computerinstructions, wherein when the computer instructions are run on anelectronic device, the computer instructions cause the electronic deviceto perform operations comprising: displaying a first interface of afirst application, wherein the first interface is a first-orderinterface or a last-order interface of interfaces at a same level of thefirst application; receiving a first swipe operation of a user on thefirst interface, wherein the first swipe operation comprises two swipeoperations, and an interval between the two swipe operations is lessthan a preset duration; and displaying a second interface in response tothe first swipe operation, wherein the second interface is an interfaceat an upper level of the first interface or an interface at a lowerlevel of the first interface.